Priest Lauderdale (born August 31, 1973) is an American-Bulgarian former professional basketball player. College career Lauderdale attended high school at Carver Military Academy, in Chicago, Illinois. After high school, Lauderdale played college basketball at Central State University, in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he played with the Central State Marauders (1993–1994). Lauderdale also attended Kaskaskia College, in Centralia, Illinois, but he did not play competitive basketball while he was there. Professional career After college, Lauderdale, a 7'4" (2.24 m) tall, 330 lbs. (150 kgs), center, played professionally in the Greek Basket League. He played with Peristeri Athens, during the 1995–96 season. He also played in the Greek League All-Star Game that season. Lauderdale was selected in the first round, with the 28th overall pick of the 1996 NBA Draft, by the Atlanta Hawks. Lauderdale saw action in 35 NBA regular season games played with the Atlanta Hawks, in the 1996–97 season. He averaged 3.2 points, as well as 1.2 rebounds per contest, and he also played in three playoff games for Atlanta that season. He concluded his brief NBA career with the Denver Nuggets, in the 1997–98 season, in which he averaged 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game, in 39 games played for the team. Lauderdale also played with the Fort Wayne Fury, in the Continental Basketball Association, and with the Connecticut Pride, in the International Basketball League, during the 2000-01 season. Lauderdale played professionally with the Bulgarian Basketball League club Lukoil Academic, from 2002 to 2005. While he was a member of the club, he received Bulgarian citizenship. During his pro club career, Lauderdale also played in numerous other countries besides Greece and Bulgaria, including: Venezuela, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, China, Iraq, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom. Coaching career Lauderdale has worked as a basketball coach at youth camps in Germany. See also List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history References External links NBA.com Player Profile EuroCup Profile FIBA Europe Profile College & NBA Stats @ Databasebasketball.com Basketball-Reference.com File Eurobasket.com Profile Coach Priest Lauderdale 1973 births Living people 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American basketball players American emigrants to Bulgaria American expatriate basketball people in China American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Iran American expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia American expatriate basketball people in the United Arab Emirates American expatriate basketball